The young mother had the fear of her life.
Last Wednesday, while walking down the street in Ris-Orangis (Essonne) with her two-year-old daughter, a woman was attacked by a man armed with a knife.
The perpetrator was sentenced for this extortion with a weapon, and another attempted extortion with a weapon, to six months in prison with a warrant of committal on Friday by the criminal court of Évry.
He will also have to pay 1,800 euros in damages to the victim.
“I was getting off the bus, I was walking.
He came from behind saying
“Madam, what time is it?
“
I had the umbrella, the diaper bag and my daughter in my hands, says the victim.
He repeated “
What time is it!
I didn't have a watch.
I let go of my daughter's hand to pull out my phone.
There, he grabbed the child by the neck and immediately pulled out a knife, shouting,
"Let go of the phone where I'm planting it!"
The mother
immediately gave her phone screaming to alert the neighborhood.
The man fled after kicking the girl who fell to the ground.
He denies having threatened the child
The 25-year-old suspect then attacked two other women near the station.
He grabbed one from behind putting his knife to her throat and demanding they give him their phone.
But a police vehicle, which was looking for him, arrived at that time and he was quickly arrested with the stolen phone.
In court, this Moroccan in an irregular situation tried to dispute the facts, assuring that he had "just snatched the phone while running", without having threatened the child.
“If she can tell the truth,” he dares to throw at the victim.
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"If it's a snatch, why do these women, who don't know each other, know that you have a knife?" asks the president of the court.
“I had dropped it on the ground and I was running with it”, tries the defendant.
“These are criminal acts which have been reclassified so that Mr. can appear today, recalls the deputy prosecutor.
These facts are serious, it's not just a phone theft and mister doesn't seem to realize it.
He is ready to do anything to steal a phone.
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